Short fiction film competition – part II
WEDNESDAY, 05.03.2025, 12:15-14:10 (JCK, ST. BANKOWA 28/30)
INSIDE THE SKIN
As a teenage football player preparing for an important match, Ali must keep a secret hidden. But when Hamed finds out about it, the path ahead of Ali becomes shrouded in doubt.
IRN, Daroune Poust, 2023, 16:40, dir./ prod. Shafagh Abosaba, Maryam Mahdiye
HONEYMOON
After a traumatising event involving the cops, Fay is leaving Greece for good. Sandra accompanies her to the bus station, taking this time as a chance to say goodbye. As they are travelling by bus across the country, a transphobic attack by two co-passengers leaves them stranded on a highway in the middle of nowhere.
FRA/GRC/CYP, 2023, 24:00, dir. Alkis Papastathopoulos, prod. Maria Hatzakou
PLACES I’VE CALLED MY OWN
After several years in the US, Tara, in the midst of her IVF process, returns to India for the funeral of her father. There, she finds a mother in denial about her sexual orientation, an ex-girlfriend who has rebuilt her life with a man, and the shadow of the paterfamilias that continues to hang over the home.
FRA, 2023, 28:00, dir. Sushma Khadepaun, prod. Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty, Avantika Sigh
THE SURROGATE GIRL
Due to the fact that in Turkey abortion is frowned upon, high school student Mira is forced to hide her pregnancy for 9 months. She decides to sell her baby to a couple that live in the same neighborhood. The couple lies to everyone for 9 months saying that Serpil (the wife) is pregnant. Mira arrives at the couple’s house for the labor but things don’t go as planned and the three have to face a deep secret.
TUR, 2023, 17:06, dir. Onur Güler, prod. Rifat Erkek, Simay Antep, Onur Güler
CURA SANA
Jessica and Alma, two sisters in a situation of domestic violence, will begin to treat each other with love instead of violence through one of their routine trips to the food stamp office on the night of San Juan, a Spanish holiday.
ESP, 2024, 19:00, dir. Lucía G. Romero, prod. Borja Nández, Ruth Porro Gisbert, distribution Salaud Morisset